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JOT, Journal fuer Oberflaechentechnik is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0). It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Vieweg.
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ISSN 0940-8789Verify ISSN ↗2192-869XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Vieweg
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surfaces, Coatings and Films | 137 / 141 | 1st | Q4 |
| Metals and Alloys | 181 / 182 | 0th | Q4 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 734 / 740 | 0th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2001–present (also 1996–1999), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.
JOT, Journal fuer Oberflaechentechnik is Q4 in Surfaces, Coatings and Films (rank 137 of 141), Q4 in Metals and Alloys (rank 181 of 182) and Q4 in Mechanical Engineering (rank 734 of 740), by CiteScore 2025.
JOT, Journal fuer Oberflaechentechnik is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0, quartile Q4, 1st percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.100, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 5.
JOT, Journal fuer Oberflaechentechnik is published by Springer Vieweg. Its print ISSN is 0940-8789 and its online ISSN is 2192-869X.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
JOT, Journal fuer Oberflaechentechnik has an h-index of 5 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #117 of 128 Scopus journals in Surfaces, Coatings and Films.
JOT, Journal fuer Oberflaechentechnik published 319 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 434. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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